Sethuraman “Panch” Panchanathan is a computer scientist and engineer with more than three decades of leadership in higher education and government. He is University Professor of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, where he has been on the faculty since 1997, and serves as senior advisor to the ASU president on global strategy. From 2020 to 2025, Panch served as the 15th director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, nominated by the president and unanimously confirmed by the Senate. He established the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships, NSF’s first new directorate in more than 30 years, and launched the Regional Innovation Engines program and 27 AI Institutes. Earlier, as ASU’s executive vice president and chief research and innovation officer, he led a threefold increase in the university’s research performance. In 2026, the National Academy of Engineering named him recipient of the Arthur M. Bueche Award for leadership in promoting fundamental science, technology and policy that advances translational research and expands opportunities nationwide. He is a member of the NAE, a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, AAAS, ACM and IEEE and a 2025 recipient of India’s Padma Shri. He also leads the Phoenix Quantum Strategy. Sethuraman Panchanathan 是電腦科學家及工程師，在高等教育界及政府擔任領導職務逾 三十年。他自1997年任教亞利桑那州立大學，獲科技與創新校級教授銜，同時擔任大學校長全球 策略高級顧問。 2020至2025年，他出任美國國家科學基金會第15任主席，由美國總統提名，並獲參議院一致 通過任命。任內，他成立科技、創新與夥伴關係部，是基金會逾30年來首個新設部門，並推出 「區域創新引擎」計劃，以及成立27所人工智能研究所。此前，他曾任大學常務副校長兼首席研究 及創新主任，帶領該校的研究表現增至原來的三倍。 2026年，他獲美國國家工程院頒授亞瑟．比切獎，表彰他領導推廣基礎科學及技術，以及推動 轉化研究的政策，為全國擴大機遇。他亦獲頒多個院士名銜，包括美國國家工程院、美國國家 發明家科學院、美國科學促進會、美國計算機協會及電氣電子工程師學會，並於2025年獲頒印度 蓮花士勳章。他亦領導「鳳凰城量子策略」計劃。 Sethuraman PANCHANATHAN University Professor of Technology and Innovation Arizona State University 亞利桑那州立大學科技與創新校級教授 55
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